Members TampaYankee Posted July 28, 2012 Members Posted July 28, 2012 Capitalistic societies have evolved to believe in disposable goods. The idea is to make things cheaper to buy than to repair and possibly to keep up. The problem is that this makes for 'cheap' goods in more ways than one. We live in a world of ticky-tacky appliances, electronics, furniture, even housing. How do you know when something is ticky-tacky? When you are told "no one around who repairs those anymore", "the Manufacturer is out of parts", "it'll cost you more to fix than to replace"... etc. I digress... I mention this because of the opening of the Olympics in London yesterday? Is that ticky-tacky? Probably not. Neither was the Olympic venue in China the last go-around. But here is an article that describes how that so-called bastion of the Communist People's Republic of China has let that Olympic venue to to shit, literally. Some may say even way past it. I guess the Chinese are truly a capitalistic society, no matter what they may say. Not only did the Berlin Wall fall, the Great Wall of China feel too. See the proof. http://sports.yahoo....1340387759.html So maybe it is still true that capitalistic societies are still the only disposable societies. Quote
